Roy Kesey
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Roy Kesey is an American
author
. His books include All Over, Nothing in the World and an historical guide to the city of Nanjing, China.
His short fiction has been included in Best American Short Stories
and such journals as Subtropics
, The Georgia Review
and The Iowa Review
. His story "Double Fish" won the 2009 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize from The Missouri Review
.
United States
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author
Author
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. His books include All Over, Nothing in the World and an historical guide to the city of Nanjing, China.
His short fiction has been included in Best American Short Stories
Best American Short Stories
The Best American Short Stories yearly anthology is a part of The Best American Series published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Since 1915, the BASS anthology has striven to contain the best short stories by some of the best-known writers in contemporary American literature.-Edward O'Brien:The...
and such journals as Subtropics
Subtropics (journal)
Subtropics is an American literary journal based at the University of Florida in Gainesville.Works originally published in Subtropics have been subsequently selected for inclusion in the Best American Poetry, The Best American Short Stories and the O...
, The Georgia Review
The Georgia Review
The Georgia Review is an award-winning, nationally respected literary journal founded in 1947 that includes poetry, art, fiction, essays and reviews. It won the National Magazine Award for Fiction in 1986 and the National Magazine Award for Essay in 2007...
and The Iowa Review
The Iowa Review
The Iowa Review is an American literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and reviews.Founded in 1970, this magazine is issued three times a year, during the months of April, August, and December. Originally, it was released on a quarterly basis. This frequency of publication lasted...
. His story "Double Fish" won the 2009 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize from The Missouri Review
The Missouri Review
The Missouri Review is a literary magazine. Founded in 1978 by the University of Missouri, it publishes fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction quarterly. With its open submission policy, The Missouri Review receives 12,000 manuscripts each year and is known for printing previously unpublished...
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External links
- Kesey's Homepage
- interview in SmokeLong Quarterly, August 15, 2004